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Braised Cabbage Recipe

Braised Cabbage

Cabbage is delicious when simmered slowly in its own juices, with just a bit of fat and onions. You could use butter or olive oil here if you prefer (or even omit the onions), but bacon fat gives this dish a distinctive, Southern flavor.

Ingredients

3 tbsp  bacon fat, butter, or olive oil
2 medium onions, sliced 1/3 inch thick
1 large head green cabbage, washed, cored, and cut crosswise into 1-by-2-inch pieces
salt
Freshly ground black pepper

Preparation

Heat the bacon fat or butter in a large covered skillet or Dutch oven until hot.

Add the onions and cook, stirring often, for 5 minutes. Add the cabbage, and season with 1 teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper. Stir the cabbage well, to coat with cooking fat and distribute seasonings.

Reduce heat to low, and cook, tightly covered, for 30-40 minutes, stirring often, until cabbage is very tender. Taste carefully for seasoning, and adjust if needed.

Makes enough to serve 6.

Serving(s)
6
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Source

Excerpted from The Gift of Southern Cooking by Edna Lewis and Scott Peacock. Copyright(c) 2003 by Edna Lewis and Scott Peacock. Excerpted by permission of Knopf, a division of Random House of Canada Limited. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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